by GDI | Nov 18, 2024 | Comment
By Dr. Ibrahim Efe On February 6, 2023, an earthquake shook southern Turkey, near the Syrian border – a massive natural disaster with far-reaching impacts. A 7.8 magnitude quake, the largest Turkey has experienced in over 20 years, struck near Gaziantep—a critical...
by GDI | Nov 15, 2024 | Comment
A few months ago, the University of Manchester’s Post-Crash Economics Society and Rethinking Economics launched a report examining whether the economics curriculum is capable of tackling the world’s mounting crises. Global Development undergraduate and report...
by GDI | Nov 5, 2024 | Comment
by Dr Tom Lavers, Reader in Politics, Global Development Institute More than 13 years after Ethiopia’s former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi laid its foundation stone, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is finally nearing completion. A new open access book, Dams,...
by GDI | Oct 29, 2024 | Comment
by Dr Gindo Tampubolon, Reader in Global Health The COVID-19 pandemic forced countries to make difficult choices between protecting lives and supporting livelihoods, including jobs in global value chains (GVCs). While some countries reinforced onshore manufacturing...
by GDI | Oct 18, 2024 | Comment
By Lujia Feng, MSc Human Resource Management Programme Director At the beginning of this academic year, students on our MSc Human Resource Management (International Development) programme took part in a social session and event to get to better know their peers and to...
by GDI | Oct 10, 2024 | Comment
GDI is pleased to introduce a new PhD in Development Studies programme, with a Development Economics Pathway, for 2025 entry. The PhD in Development Studies will enable candidates to carry out a piece of in-depth research in a chosen area of interest as part of the...
by GDI | Oct 3, 2024 | Comment
By Dr Louisa Hann The field of Development Studies is no stranger to grand narratives. One much-cited example concerns the inaugural address of US President Harry S. Truman in 1949. Tasked with inspiring national optimism and pride in a context of Cold War tensions...
by GDI | Oct 1, 2024 | Comment
by Dr Gindo Tampubolon, Reader in Global Health A series of six scientific assessments by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports with increasing confidence that global warming poses major risks to the earth and its people. What is equally clear is...
by GDI | Sep 23, 2024 | Comment
You can now submit an expression of interest for the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships ahead of the deadline of 18th November 2024. The University of Manchester’s School of Education, Environment and Development (SEED) is keen to support both internal and...
by GDI | Sep 20, 2024 | Comment
This post was originally published on the University of Manchester’s Sustainable Consumption Institute Blog. Image credit: Mark Shtanov Caroline Cornier, Tetyana Solovey, Tim Siew and Mark Shtanov on sustainability through interdisciplinary lenses This blog is...
